Riga in a sentence

Archbishops of Riga The archbishops of Riga were also the secular rulers of Riga until 1561 when during the reformation the territory converted from Catholicism to Lutheranism and all church territories were secularized.

Rail Baltica Riga Airport construction site in Riga.

Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia announced that budget airline Wizz Air will be renewing flights from Kutaisi to Riga, starting from October 1. The flight to Riga will be available once a week.

Albert had ensured Riga's commercial future by obtaining papal bulls which decreed that all German merchants had to carry on their Baltic trade through Riga.

Albert had sought the aid of King Valdemar of Denmark to protect Riga and Livonian lands against Liv insurrection when reinforcements could not reach Riga.

Albert's difficulties with Riga's citizenry continued; with papal intervention, a settlement was reached in 1225 whereby they no longer had to pay tax to the Bishop of Riga, Švābe, A., ed. Latvju Enciklopēdija.

Bishop Albert of Riga founded Riga in 1201, and gradually it became the largest city in the southern part of the Baltic Sea.

Gediminas also fought the Teutonic Kights, and besides that made shrewd diplomatic moves by cooperating with the government of Riga in 1322–23 and taking advantage of the conflict between the Knights and Archbishop Friedrich von Pernstein of Riga.

On October 5 it commenced an offensive on Riga taking the west bank of the Daugava River with front line splitting Riga in half.

Riga was not yet secure as an alliance of tribes failed to take Riga.

The inscription reads: Prospect der Stadt Riga ums Jahr 1650 (View at the City of Riga in 1650).

The Russian governor-general of Riga Ivan Essen was expecting attack, and set the wooden houses of Riga suburbs on fire to deflect the invaders leaving thousands of city residents homeless.

The third dam— Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant —just above Riga, did not provoke much protest because of the seeming hopelessness of the cause.

ERR's Latvia correspondent, Ragnar Kond, reported that flight numbers and destinations from Riga Airport are meanwhile set to rise in summer.

Picture an Anthony Bourdain-esque venture through the food markets of Riga, Latvia and it’ll be pretty close.

Students explored the histories of the in Riga, Latvia and the concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland, visiting Lithuania in between the two.

Warsaw-Lodz-Riga as I've already said.

And what a rug it is: grandfather a Nazi administrator in Riga, a father who was a Stasi special agent with multiple passports and identities who travelled between East and West spying, and a mother who never spoke about any of it.

Despite two major carriers their operations from Tallinn, and competition from Riga and Vantaa airports, flights from the Estonian capital still connect to some of the major hubs.

Drawing insights from the Treaty of Riga and the Korean Armistice, a future agreement needs security guarantors with a lasting interest in maintaining the new status quo.